Microsatellite-based genetic profiling for the management of wild and captive flamingo populations.
Description:
Flamingo species generate tremendous interest whether they are small captive groups or wild populations numbering in the thousands. Genetic pedigrees are invaluable for maintaining maximum genetic diversity in captive, as well as wild, populations. However, presently there is a general lack of genetic data for flamingo populations. Microsatellites are loci composed of 2-6 base pair tandem repeats, scattered throughout higher eukaryotic genomes, often exhibiting high levels of polymorphism an…
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Date:
December 2005
Creator:
Kapil, Richa
Partner:
UNT Libraries